diff --git a/ffi/src/lib.rs b/ffi/src/lib.rs
index ed088b5792..6b78d13387 100644
--- a/ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ mod tests {
         add_commit(
             storage.as_ref(),
             0,
-            actions_to_string(vec![TestAction::Metadata]),
+            actions_to_string(vec![TestAction::AllMetadata]),
         )
         .await?;
         let engine = DefaultEngineBuilder::new(storage.clone()).build();
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ mod tests {
         add_commit(
             storage.as_ref(),
             0,
-            actions_to_string_partitioned(vec![TestAction::Metadata]),
+            actions_to_string_partitioned(vec![TestAction::AllMetadata]),
         )
         .await?;
         let engine = DefaultEngineBuilder::new(storage.clone()).build();
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ mod tests {
         add_commit(
             storage.as_ref(),
             0,
-            actions_to_string(vec![TestAction::Metadata]),
+            actions_to_string(vec![TestAction::AllMetadata]),
         )
         .await?;
         let engine = DefaultEngineBuilder::new(storage.clone()).build();
diff --git a/ffi/src/table_changes.rs b/ffi/src/table_changes.rs
index 4f7d06be35..811bf942d1 100644
--- a/ffi/src/table_changes.rs
+++ b/ffi/src/table_changes.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ mod tests {
             storage,
             version,
             actions_to_string_with_metadata(
-                vec![TestAction::Metadata, TestAction::Add(file)],
+                vec![TestAction::AllMetadata, TestAction::Add(file)],
                 METADATA,
             ),
         )
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ mod tests {
             storage,
             version,
             actions_to_string_with_metadata(
-                vec![TestAction::Metadata, TestAction::Remove(file)],
+                vec![TestAction::AllMetadata, TestAction::Remove(file)],
                 METADATA,
             ),
         )
diff --git a/kernel/Cargo.toml b/kernel/Cargo.toml
index 567b9ca4f3..479633ff2a 100644
--- a/kernel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ walkdir = { version = "2.5.0" }
 async-trait = "0.1" # only used for our custom SlowGetStore ObjectStore implementation
 paste = "1.0"
 test-log = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
+rstest = "0.26.1"
 tempfile = "3"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = [
   "env-filter",
diff --git a/kernel/tests/log_tail.rs b/kernel/tests/log_tail.rs
index abf893e7f6..e436811611 100644
--- a/kernel/tests/log_tail.rs
+++ b/kernel/tests/log_tail.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use object_store::memory::InMemory;
 use object_store::path::Path;
+use rstest::rstest;
 use url::Url;
 
 use delta_kernel::engine::default::executor::tokio::TokioBackgroundExecutor;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ use delta_kernel::engine::default::{DefaultEngine, DefaultEngineBuilder};
 use delta_kernel::{FileMeta, LogPath, Snapshot};
 
 use test_utils::{
-    actions_to_string, add_commit, add_staged_commit, delta_path_for_version, TestAction,
+    actions_to_string, add_commit, add_crc, add_staged_commit, delta_path_for_version, TestAction,
 };
 
 /// Helper function to create a LogPath for a commit at the given version
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ async fn basic_snapshot_with_log_tail_staged_commits() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std
     // _delta_log/_staged_commits/1.uuid.json
     // _delta_log/_staged_commits/1.uuid.json // add an unused staged commit at version 1
     // _delta_log/_staged_commits/2.uuid.json
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let path1 = add_staged_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, String::from("{}")).await?;
     let _ = add_staged_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, String::from("{}")).await?;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ async fn basic_snapshot_with_log_tail() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>
     // _delta_log/0.json
     // _delta_log/1.json
     // _delta_log/2.json
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let actions = vec![TestAction::Add("file_1.parquet".to_string())];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ async fn log_tail_behind_filesystem() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
     let (storage, engine, table_root) = setup_test();
 
     // Create commits 0, 1, 2 in storage
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let actions = vec![TestAction::Add("file_1.parquet".to_string())];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ async fn incremental_snapshot_with_log_tail() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::
     let (storage, engine, table_root) = setup_test();
 
     // commits 0, 1, 2 in storage
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let actions = vec![TestAction::Add("file_1.parquet".to_string())];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ async fn log_tail_exceeds_requested_version() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::
     let (storage, engine, table_root) = setup_test();
 
     // commits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 in storage
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let actions = vec![TestAction::Add("file_1.parquet".to_string())];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ async fn log_tail_behind_requested_version() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::E
     let (storage, engine, table_root) = setup_test();
 
     // create commits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 in storage
-    let actions = vec![TestAction::Metadata];
+    let actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
     let actions = vec![TestAction::Add("file_1.parquet".to_string())];
     add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 1, actions_to_string(actions)).await?;
@@ -324,3 +325,55 @@ async fn log_tail_behind_requested_version() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::E
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case::crc_unpublished_latest(10)]
+#[case::crc_unpublished_not_latest(7)]
+#[case::crc_published_not_latest(5)]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn snapshot_with_staged_commits_log_tail_with_crc(
+    #[case] crc_target_version: u64,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let (storage, engine, table_root) = setup_test();
+
+    // Create published commits 0.json in storage
+    let metadata_actions = vec![TestAction::AllMetadata];
+    add_commit(storage.as_ref(), 0, actions_to_string(metadata_actions)).await?;
+
+    // Create published commits 1 to 5 in storage
+    for i in 1..=5 {
+        let add_actions = vec![TestAction::Add(format!("file_{}.parquet", i))];
+        add_commit(storage.as_ref(), i, actions_to_string(add_actions)).await?;
+    }
+
+    // Create the checksum (CRC) file
+    let crc_actions = vec![TestAction::Protocol, TestAction::Metadata];
+    add_crc(
+        storage.as_ref(),
+        crc_target_version,
+        actions_to_string(crc_actions),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    // Create staged commits 6 to 10 in storage, and then add to log_tail
+    let mut log_tail = Vec::new();
+    for i in 6..=10 {
+        let add_actions = vec![TestAction::Add(format!("file_{}.parquet", i))];
+        let path = add_staged_commit(storage.as_ref(), i, actions_to_string(add_actions)).await?;
+        log_tail.push(create_log_path(&table_root, path));
+    }
+
+    // Load our snapshot
+    let snapshot = Snapshot::builder_for(table_root.clone())
+        .with_log_tail(log_tail)
+        .build(engine.as_ref())?;
+
+
+    assert_eq!(snapshot.version(), 10);
+    assert_eq!(
+        snapshot.log_segment().latest_crc_file.as_ref().map(|p| p.version),
+        Some(crc_target_version)
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/kernel/tests/read.rs b/kernel/tests/read.rs
index ef1372713e..1ae3a083ff 100644
--- a/kernel/tests/read.rs
+++ b/kernel/tests/read.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async fn single_commit_two_add_files() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE2.to_string()),
         ]),
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ async fn two_commits() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
         ]),
     )
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async fn remove_action() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
         ]),
     )
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ async fn stats() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             .map(|test_action| match test_action {
                 TestAction::Add(path) => format!(r#"{{"{action}":{{"path":"{path}","partitionValues":{{}},"size":262,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true, "stats":"{{\"numRecords\":2,\"nullCount\":{{\"id\":0}},\"minValues\":{{\"id\": 5}},\"maxValues\":{{\"id\":7}}}}"}}}}"#, action = "add", path = path),
                 TestAction::Remove(path) => format!(r#"{{"{action}":{{"path":"{path}","partitionValues":{{}},"size":262,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true}}}}"#, action = "remove", path = path),
-                TestAction::Metadata => METADATA.into(),
+                TestAction::AllMetadata => METADATA.into(),
             })
             .fold(String::new(), |a, b| a + &b + "\n")
     }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ async fn stats() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
         ]),
     )
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ async fn test_row_index_metadata_column() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE2.to_string()),
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE3.to_string()),
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ async fn test_file_path_metadata_column() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE2.to_string()),
         ]),
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ async fn test_unsupported_metadata_columns() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::E
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
         ]),
     )
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ async fn test_invalid_files_are_skipped() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
         storage.as_ref(),
         0,
         actions_to_string(vec![
-            TestAction::Metadata,
+            TestAction::AllMetadata,
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE1.to_string()),
             TestAction::Add(PARQUET_FILE2.to_string()),
         ]),
diff --git a/test-utils/src/lib.rs b/test-utils/src/lib.rs
index c1ea0c6b4f..f60fbf5298 100644
--- a/test-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,9 +89,20 @@ pub const METADATA_WITH_PARTITION_COLS: &str = r#"{"commitInfo":{"timestamp":158
 {"protocol":{"minReaderVersion":1,"minWriterVersion":2}}
 {"metaData":{"id":"5fba94ed-9794-4965-ba6e-6ee3c0d22af9","format":{"provider":"parquet","options":{}},"schemaString":"{\"type\":\"struct\",\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"id\",\"type\":\"integer\",\"nullable\":true,\"metadata\":{}},{\"name\":\"val\",\"type\":\"string\",\"nullable\":true,\"metadata\":{}}]}","partitionColumns":["val"],"configuration":{},"createdTime":1587968585495}}"#;
 
+/// Just the protocol action
+pub const PROTOCOL_ACTION: &str = r#"{"protocol":{"minReaderVersion":1,"minWriterVersion":2}}"#;
+
+/// Just the metadata action
+pub const METADATA_ACTION: &str = r#"{"metaData":{"id":"5fba94ed-9794-4965-ba6e-6ee3c0d22af9","format":{"provider":"parquet","options":{}},"schemaString":"{\"type\":\"struct\",\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"id\",\"type\":\"integer\",\"nullable\":true,\"metadata\":{}},{\"name\":\"val\",\"type\":\"string\",\"nullable\":true,\"metadata\":{}}]}","partitionColumns":[],"configuration":{},"createdTime":1587968585495}}"#;
+
 pub enum TestAction {
     Add(String),
     Remove(String),
+    /// Includes commitInfo, protocol, and metadata actions (full table initialization)
+    AllMetadata,
+    /// Just the protocol action
+    Protocol,
+    /// Just the metadata action
     Metadata,
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +124,9 @@ pub fn actions_to_string_with_metadata(actions: Vec<TestAction>, metadata: &str)
         .map(|test_action| match test_action {
             TestAction::Add(path) => format!(r#"{{"add":{{"path":"{path}","partitionValues":{{}},"size":262,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true, "stats":"{{\"numRecords\":2,\"nullCount\":{{\"id\":0}},\"minValues\":{{\"id\": 1}},\"maxValues\":{{\"id\":3}}}}"}}}}"#),
             TestAction::Remove(path) => format!(r#"{{"remove":{{"path":"{path}","partitionValues":{{}},"size":262,"modificationTime":1587968586000,"dataChange":true}}}}"#),
-            TestAction::Metadata => metadata.into(),
+            TestAction::AllMetadata => metadata.into(),
+            TestAction::Protocol => PROTOCOL_ACTION.into(),
+            TestAction::Metadata => METADATA_ACTION.into(),
         })
         .join("\n")
 }
@@ -198,6 +211,11 @@ pub fn staged_commit_path_for_version(version: u64) -> Path {
     Path::from(path.as_str())
 }
 
+pub fn crc_path_for_version(version: u64) -> Path {
+    let path = format!("_delta_log/{version:020}.crc");
+    Path::from(path.as_str())
+}
+
 /// get an ObjectStore path for a compressed log file, based on the start/end versions
 pub fn compacted_log_path_for_versions(start_version: u64, end_version: u64, suffix: &str) -> Path {
     let path = format!("_delta_log/{start_version:020}.{end_version:020}.compacted.{suffix}");
@@ -225,6 +243,16 @@ pub async fn add_staged_commit(
     Ok(path)
 }
 
+pub async fn add_crc(
+    store: &dyn ObjectStore,
+    version: u64,
+    data: String,
+) -> Result<Path, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let path = crc_path_for_version(version);
+    store.put(&path, data.into()).await?;
+    Ok(path)
+}
+
 /// Try to convert an `EngineData` into a `RecordBatch`. Panics if not using `ArrowEngineData` from
 /// the default module
 pub fn into_record_batch(engine_data: Box<dyn EngineData>) -> RecordBatch {